Council veteran Bev Fitzpatrick
told me he will not run for
re-election.

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Last Monday

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Roanoke City Council

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OQ= Bev Fitzpatrick has served close

to twelve years in two stints on
Roanoke City Council.

It's a job he's enjoyed, but one
he's ready to relinquish...

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INQ= 01:10:36 I THINK PROBABLY THE MAIN

THING IS THE TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM

NEEDS ME RIGHT NOW. WHEN I WENT ON THAT
BOARD WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, I
LOVED IT. IT'S BEEN A PASSION EVER
SINCE AND IT OBVIOUSLY HAS A WHOLE LOT
OF CHALLENGES. 10:50

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OQ= Other candidates prevailed in the

Democratic firehouse primary earlier
this month.

And while Fitzpatrick briefly
considered running for council as an
Independent, he says he and his family
are comfortable with the decision to
step aside.

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INQ= 12:43 YEAH ITS BEEN A HARD DECISION,

BUT REMARKABLY BECAUSE OF A LOT OF
OTHER THINGS IN MY LIFE, IT'S BEEN
EASIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. I
THINK IF YOU TRY TO MAKE DECISION LIKE
I'VE TRIED TO DO ON COUNCIL WITH GOOD
COMMON SENSE, THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD
COMMON SENSE DECISION FOR ME. 13:02

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GRAPHIC=NONE Meanwhile, The field of

candidates for city council continues
to grow. Keith and Jean...

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And former mayor David Bowers is
expected to announce an Independent bid
to reclaim that job at a news
conference tomorrow.

jjadhon@wdbj7.com As 300-officers from various
localities and departments responded to
Ferrum College the American Red Cross
was called in to feed police.

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VO-NAT This was just the latest event to

keep the agency busy.

In addition to families displaced
by house fires, the Red Cross also
mobilized during
*CG locator Roanoke Co. Roanoke County's recent wildfires and
February 10th provided shelter for 90-people during
wind-induced power outages.

With a budget of less than
55-thousand dollars -the organization
says its money is dwindling.

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American Red Cross 13:03:31.00

AMY WHITTAKER, AMERICAN RED CROSS: IF
YOU COMPARE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF
THIS YEAR TO JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF
LAST YEAR THERE'S A 10% INCREASE..
WHILE THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A
STAGGERING NUMBER.. WITH THE POOR
ECONOMY IT WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL
DOWNWARD TO THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR

AND WE PROBABLY WILL SEE A VERY
DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE.

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Whittaker says charitable giving
is down across the board because of the
economy.

That's the message in a hit- man
email scam targeting people in central
and western Virginia.

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Lynchburg Police and the National
White Collar Crime Center based in
Richmond have received hundreds of
complaints.

Officials say the emails are
intimidating because many recipients
fear it may not be a hoax.

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*CG 2line Craig Butterworth

National White Collar Crime Center 1:30:32 CRAIG BUTTERWORTH/NATIONAL
WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER: TYPICALLY
THE EMAIL WILL STATE WORDS TO THE
EFFECT, I'VE BEEN HIRED TO KILL YOU,
BUT I WILL CALL OFF THE OPERATION OR
WILL VOID THE CONTRACT PROVIDED YOU
AGREE TO PAY A SPECIFIED SUM OF MONEY.

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Money requested ranges from 30-
to 80- thousand dollars.

The emails include mis- spelled

words and broken- English which leads
police to believe the senders are from
another country.

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GRAPHIC=NONE Experts say never open a email

when you don't recognize the sender....

Instead, delete it immediately
and never respond... when you do it
lets the sender know they've targeted
an active account

Robin Reed in the SkyTracker7 Forecast
Center. Cold air will continue to
filter in tonight on a gusty northwest
wind (Gusts 25+ mph). Skies turn partly
cloudy with lows in the teens and 20s.
The mountains can expect more heavy,
blowing snow overnight, mainly on the
western slopes, where heavy snow
warnings are in effect until 6am
Thursday. An area of high pressure
will build in from the west Thursday.
This will help clear out the skies and
calm the winds down a bit. Highs will
range in the upper 30s to near 40. On
Friday, another front will approach the
region providing some light showers.
However, the drop in temperatures won't
be all that noticeable, with highs near
50. Sunshine returns over the
weekend, with seasonable highs in the
50s and lows near 30. A surge of
warmer air will arrive next Monday,
driving temperatures to around 60.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Slow-clearing. Breezy
at times. Low: 22 THURSDAY: Partly to
mostly sunny. High: 41 THURSDAY NIGHT:
Partly cloudy. Low: 25 For weather
anytime turn to our webpage at
wdbj7.com >>

nryan@wdbj7.com Coming up tonight on News Seven
at Ten and Eleven...We drive through
the work zone, where that deadly crash
took place last week in Roanoke
County....at night..... to show you
what drivers see when they go through
the area.

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At Ten on My Network TV,

in Vegas, you don't need money for the
offering at Church...just chips from
your favorite casino.

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And at Eleven, you may want to
think twice before ordering a little
slice of lemon with your

mstevens@wdbj7.com The events that have taken place
on the Ferrum College campus this week
have forced both the men's and women's
basketball teams to head south tonight
for their respective USA South
conference tournament games.

The women's quarterfinal game
against Shenandoah University and the
men's quarterfinal game against North

Carolina Wesleyan are being played
tonight at Averett University in
Danville. The women's game is already
underway and the men's game will
tip-off at 7:30. We'll have some
highlights of thee contests for you
tonight on News 7 at 11.